Drum in a sentence

Drums Snare drum Snare drum on a modern light-duty snare drum stand main The snare drum is essential as it is the musical center of the kit.

Bass drum Muffling the bass can be achieved with the same muffling techniques as the snare, but bass drums in a drum kit are more commonly muffled by adding pillows or another soft filling inside the drum, between the heads.

Definitions * Military drum/field drum: a snare drum with a diameter of 14–16 in and 9–16 in deep, with a wood or metal shell and the two heads stretched by tensioning screws.

Description A bass drum is typically cylindrical with the drum's diameter much greater than the drum's depth.

Drum Wet/dry vacuum for home use Drum or shop vac models are essentially heavy-duty industrial versions of cylinder vacuum cleaners, where the canister consists of a large vertically positioned drum which can be stationary or on wheels.

First and foremost, a drummer is a musician that performs music on the multi-percussion instrument known as the drum set, which usually consists of a bass drum (with pedal), a floor tom, tom-toms, a snare drum, hi-hats, a ride cymbal, and a crash cymbal.

Labor costs Drum machines developed out of a need to create drum beats when a drum kit was not available.

On 5 October 2011 Triple J Unearthed was launched as a radio station available on digital radio and online. citation Beat the Drum Triple J occasionally runs a competition known as 'Beat the Drum' - named for their logo of three drumsticks hitting a drum.

Some jazz drummers avoid using thick drum heads, preferring single ply drum heads or drum heads with no muffling.

The modern-day concept of the Drum Major has been exponentially expanded upon by George N. Parks, often known as the "Dynamic Drum Major," through his Drum Major Academy.

The single-drum machine used a single drum for ink transfer to the stencil, and the dual-drum machine used two drums and silk-screens to transfer the ink to the stencils.

The toner particles have a very weak attraction to both the drum and the paper, but the bond to the drum is weaker and the particles transfer once again, this time from the drum's surface to the paper's surface.

The word tambourine finds its origins in French tambourin, which referred to a long narrow drum used in Provence, the word being a diminutive of tambour "drum," altered by influence of Arabic tunbur "drum".

Today the snare drum is used in jazz, pop music and modern orchestral music. citation main Much of the development of the snare drum and its rudiments is closely tied to the use of the snare drum in the military.

Two hi-hat stands both with retractable spikes extended Carpets Drummers often bring a carpet, mats or rugs to venues to prevent the bass drum and hi-hat stand from "crawling" (moving away) on a slippery surface from the drum head striking the bass drum.

Using a double bass drum pedal enables a drummer to play a double bass drum style with only one bass drum, saving space in recording/performance areas and reducing time and effort during set-up, taking down, and transportation.

On the same occasion Drum Major Robert Hood won the Drum major contest.

There's still plenty of toner left, but the image drum is starting to not be very clean, so probably time for a new toner and drum cartridge.

There was no space for the dilapidated antique drum, so then band treasurer Tommy Campbell, who was Beadle at St Mary’s Church in Dalkeith, decided to covertly store the drum under the altar in the church.

Then we put it in a drum and pull the drum behind a tractor-like conveyance that looks an awful lot like an old riding lawn mower.